Re: [WW] Earth Vs. the Purple Worm!

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

You know, this sounds like a lot of fun!

--D

Christopher Jackson wrote:

>      All this talk about tanks and purple worms is
> making me think about running a game set in the 50's,
> with the OSI having evolved into a cross between the
> Army in every 50's B-Movie and UNIT from Doctor Who -
> imagine the fun applying lethal military force to
> every supernatural dilemma possible - the Crayfish-Men
> of Louisiana (Chuul), the Deep One resurgance in
> Mssachussetts (Kua-Toa), the risen dead of Michigan,
> the Black Pudding that ate Seattle, the Brain-Eating
> Alien invasion of Florida (Mind Flayers) and of course
> the Purple Worms from beneath Kansas.
>      The Resistance Fighter class works very well as
> an angst-filled teenage rebel - all you really need to
> change is the nature of the contact ability and the
> favors granted ("Let's get the whole team together -
> we'll show those lizard men that nobody invades our
> town!")  All that's really missing is a pipe-smoking
> scientist class, to intone somber monologues at the
> end of every adventure.
>
> =====
> Said Francesca, 'My lack of volition
> Is leading me straight to perdition;
>    But I haven't the strength
>    To go to the length
> Of making an act of contrition.'   ---Edward Gorey
>
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